The Star Online, 20 May 2019 KOTA KINABALU: The health of Malaysia’s last surviving male Sumatran rhino is fast fading. Struggle to heal: Tam being cared for by his caretakers at the Tabin Wildlife Reserve in Sabah Sabah Wildlife Department director Augustine Tuuga said serious concerns were growing over the health of the rhino named […]
26 June 2016, checking the condition of Iman’s uterus and leimyoma tumours prior to oocyte harvest. Left to right, Dr Robert Hermes (IZW sperm specialist), Professor Thomas Hildebrandt (IZW reproductive team leader) and rhino keepr Hassan Sani.
Capturing Sumatran rhinos was one thing. Keeping them alive turned out to be another thing entirely. An article by Jeremy Hance published in Mongabay by 24 SEPTEMBER 2018 An agreement to launch a captive breeding program was brokered in 1984. By 1985, key participants began pulling out, including the Malaysian state of Sabah. Despite the setbacks, efforts […]
The Sumatran rhinoceros is Malaysia’s rarest and most endangered species. Sabah now has the last known remaining small populations of this species in Malaysia, at Danum Valley and Tabin Wildlife Reserve, both in Lahad Datu District. What needs to be done has already been determined by government. The first need is to prevent the loss […]